April 27, 2021 In the finale of Season 1, we are ending a year of 52 weekly episodes by flipping the script and interviewing the regular host - Grant LeBeau. Episode 23 guest, Public Habit founder, and college pal Sydney Badger returns to Small Biz to ask Grant about his first business (Rickaroons), what happened that inspired the creation of Small Biz Gone Viral, and how the guests of Season 1 spurred him to create Mkrday.

Guest's Unsponsor: Ellonos Yogurt. Grant's Unsponsor: Seva Foods April 23, 2021 Worldwide total COVID deaths: >3,098,946. USA total deaths: >585,075. World's COVID deaths in the USA: 18.88%. Total active USA cases 6.85 million. New US cases per day: 62,053. USA total cases: 32,735,704 % of Americans who have had COVID: 9.92%. USA National Unemployment: 6.0%. Initial unemployment claims filed last week: 547,000. Dow Jones Industrial Average: 34,043. S&P 4,108

April 20, 2021 Amani Roberts is a DJ, music producer, professor and author based in Los Angeles, California. A veteran of the hospitality industry with over 20 years at the Mariott before switching to full time DJ, Amani offers a unique combination of music expertise, teaching prowess and business knowledge - basically the perfect podcast guest. His company The Amani Experience takes clients on a music journey at every kind of event. Amani is currently a professor and Center Director at California State University, Fullerton, a student at Berklee College of Music (Boston) and an active music producer, DJ and live streamer. Obviously the event industry was demolished this past year, so get excited to hear Amani, aka DJ AmRo, share what he’s doing to adapt to replace that revenue loss and which adjustments will outlive the pandemic. Spoiler alert, you’re about take a class in Monetizing Twitch 101.

Guest's Unsponsor: Judi Holler. Grant's Unsponsor: Emily's Foods- Gluten-Free Pretzel and Vegan Icing Dip April 16, 2021 Worldwide total COVID deaths: >3,011,501. USA total deaths: >579,942. World's COVID deaths in the USA: 19.26%. Total active USA cases 6.88 million. New US cases per day: 71,363. USA total cases: 32,305,912 % of Americans who have had COVID: 9.79%. USA National Unemployment: 6.0%. Initial unemployment claims filed last week: 576,000. Dow Jones Industrial Average: 34,200. S&P 4,185

April 13, 2021 Today’s guest is Rachel Bernier-Green, founder of Laine’s Bakeshop - a Chicago social enterprise baked goods manufacturing company committed to catalyzing wealth in the south and west side communities in Chicago. We will talk about the importance of using a company to serve humans, scaling the company to create ownership opportunities and generational wealth for Laine’s Bakeshop employees, and hiring from chronically unemployed communities such as reentering citizens, recovering substance abusers, and the formerly homeless.

Guest's Unsponsor: Janie's Mill. Grant's Unsponsor: Golden Made Kafe April 9, 2021 Worldwide total COVID deaths: >2,927,749. USA total deaths: >574,840. World's COVID deaths in the USA: 19.63%. Total active world cases: >23.49 million. Total active USA cases 6.88 million. World's active COVID cases in the USA: >29.29%. New US cases per day: 68,352. USA total cases: 31,802,772 % of Americans who have had COVID: 9.63%. USA National Unemployment: 6.0%. Initial unemployment claims filed last week: 744,000. Dow Jones Industrial Average: 33,800. S&P 4,128